Patrick Gray, 5th Lord Gray (d. 1608), was a Scottish landowner
He was a son of
Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray
Patrick Gray, 4th Lord Gray (c. 1518 -1584) was a Scottish landowner and Sheriff of Angus, active during the war of the Rough Wooing as a supporter of the Scottish Reformation.
Family
Patrick Gray was the son of Egidia Mercer and Gilbert Gray of ...
and Marion Ogilvy. He became Lord High Sheriff of Forfar. However he was unable to join in public life. In 1596 his son Patrick, Master of Gray, wrote that his father had been summoned to the court at
Linlithgow Palace
The ruins of Linlithgow Palace are located in the town of Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland, west of Edinburgh. The palace was one of the principal residences of the monarchs of Scotland in the 15th and 16th centuries. Although mai ...
but everyone known of his "inhabilitie".
On Monday 3 May 1598 the brother of
Anne of Denmark
Anne of Denmark (; 12 December 1574 – 2 March 1619) was the wife of King James VI and I; as such, she was Queen of Scotland
The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the constitutional fo ...
, the
Duke of Holstein
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, came to Gray's castle at
Fowlis for dinner during his progress. Lord Gray was ordered by
James VI of Scotland
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until hi ...
to meet him and escort him for six miles.
Family
Lord Gray married Barbara Ruthven, daughter of
William Ruthven, 2nd Lord Ruthven. Their children included:
*
Patrick, Master of Gray and 6th Lord Gray
* James Gray, who was gentleman of the bedchamber to king James VI. In 1591 James stole a horse belonging to James VI, and in 1593 assaulted and abducted Catherine Carnegie daughter of John Carnegie from the house of
Robert Jousie
Robert Jousie (or Joussie or Jowsie or Jossie; died 1626) was a Scottish merchant, financier, and courtier.
Life
Jousie was a cloth merchant based in Edinburgh with a house on the High Street or Royal Mile. He became an exclusive supplier of fa ...
in Edinburgh.
* Gilbert Gray.
* Robert Gray of Millhill.
* Andrew Gray, attended the embassy to England in 1583 and was involved with
William Keith of Delny
Sir William Keith of Delny (died 1599) was a Scottish courtier and Master of the Royal Wardrobe. He also served as ambassador for James VI to various countries. He was an important intermediary between George Keith, 5th Earl Marischal and the kin ...
in a fight near Durham.
[William Boyd, ''Calendar of State Papers Scotland: 1581-1583'', vol. 6 (Edinburgh, 1910), p. 493.]
* Mary Gray, married to
David Seton of
Parbroath,
comptroller of Scotland.
* Helen Gray, married to Sir Hugh Maxwell of
Tealing.
* Isabel Gray, married, firstly to David Strachan of Carmelie, and secondly, to Sir Alexander Falconer of Halkerton.
* Elizabeth Gray, married to William Gordon of
Abergeldie.
References
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1608 deaths